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COVID-19: New befriending phone-call initiative to help older people in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 Post a comment

All 1,486 participants in the Seniors Alert Scheme in Kilkenny are being asked to ensure their personal alarm is activated following the announcement of a new befriending phone-call initiative by the Government. Speaking about the new service, local Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan said: “As part of the measures to support older people during […]

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Wheels of justice finally turn for local boy whose bike was stolen on Christmas Day

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have made a very late Christmas wish come true for a local boy whose bicycle was stolen just hours after he unwrapped it on the morning of December 25 last. Officers never gave up the search for the boy’s bike, which was stolen from the family’s front garden on the Kilkenny border near […]

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BREAKING: Man dies after being stabbed at apartment in Carrick-on-Suir

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

A man died after he was stabbed at an apartment in Carrick-on-Suir over the weekend. Gardai this morning confirmed the victim, who was in his 40s, was stabbed at an apartment complex in the North Quay area of the town at approximately 11:30pm on Saturday night. The man was rushed to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Here comes the sun! Kilkenny to bask in temperatures of up to 20C

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

Temperatures are set to soar to as high as 20 degrees in Kilkenny this week as the county basks in spring sunshine. Despite yesterday’s miserable conditions, the national forecaster said big changes are on the way as we move into the week, with plenty of sunshine and high temperatures to raise mercury levels on Thursday […]

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Gang targets Kilkenny homes, emptying oil tanks, during Covid-19 crisis

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

Gardai are on the hunt for a gang of slick operators who have been going around the county emptying fuel from tanks outside homes. Earlier this week gardai were contacted by a homeowner in Laurel Hill in Inistioge who discovered the tank had been emptied. When they turned on the heating the boiler wouldn’t work. […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 21 more die as 390 new cases confirmed, Taoiseach registers to join frontline health workers

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

Twenty-one more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 390 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic were confirmed this evening. It brings to 158 the overall death toll in the country. The number of confirmed cases in the republic now stands at 4,994. There has been seven more Covid-19 deaths in the North, […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 Post a comment

Andrew ( Jnr) MORIARTY Kelso, Scotland and formerly St. Mary’s Avenue, Urlingford Andrew Moriarty formerly St Mary’s Avenue Urlingford died tragically in Scotland aged 28 yrs. Predeceased by his adoring brother Martin.Deeply regretted by his heartbroken parents Andy (Snr) and Anne, brothers Patrick, T.J. ,Ryan, Danny, Joey and Liam, cousins, extended family and

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Save our cheese, please: Kilkenny shoppers urged to buy local

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

Consumers in Kilkenny are being asked to favour local varieties when doing their shopping after concern was raised about the future of some cheesemakers in the county. Cáis, the Association of Irish Farmhouse Cheesemakers, is appealing to the retail sector to continue to stock its product and encouraging consumers to support the industry at this time. Irish […]

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COVID-19: Kilkenny pensioner is first to die locally after contracting virus

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

The coronavirus has claimed the life of the first local victim to die from Covid-19. It is understood the victim is an 80-year-old man who died after a short illness at St Luke’s General Hospital. Health authorities would provide any further details about the man. He is among 331 people in the Republic who have […]

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Development of large family homes planned for county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has received an application to develop a further seven family homes to complete a development in a county Kilkenny town. Canview Ltd lodged recently lodged plans with the local authority to develop the large family homes to complete the housing development at Tougher Crescent in Urlingford. The remaining homes will consist of […]